#linguistic side of Tumblr

[thecrazyalchemist]

Linguistic side of tumblr:

What is the collective noun for queer people?

(examples of collective nouns: a murder of crows, a parliament of owls, an embarrassment of pandas, a school of fish, etc)

My suggestion: a prism of queers/a pride of queers

[whensuddenlycats]

I JUST REALIZED A PRONOUN THING AND idk if this is like super obvious and I'm just a dumbass but "they" and "you" have similar/identical grammar!!

" How are you? Do they want ice cream?"

"How are they? Do they want ice cream?"

(as opposed to "how is he/she? Does he/she want ice cream?")

IF "YOU" CAN BE SINGULAR, SO CAN "THEY"

[hellsite-proteins]

ok so in order to get more reliable proteins I did some googling regarding amino acid frequency and letter frequency in languages using Latin scripts. What I think we need is a language that has roughly even distribution of letter frequency across the FASTA amino acid codes. I don’t know which languages, if any, actually fit that description: Czech seems to come closest, with the most common letter at 8% vs 12% for English, but it also has a lot of unusable letters. We may need to ask linguistics blogs for help. anyway to make the protein longer here’s a list of the most common letters in a bunch of languages from Wikipedia, Google translated into Czech:

Na základě těchto tabulek je ekvivalent „etaoin shrdlu“ pro každý jazyk následující:

Based on these tables, the equivalent of "etaoin throat" for each language is as follows:

Na základě těchto tabulek je ekvivalent 'etaoin shrdlu' pro každý jazyk následující:

Based on these tables, the equivalent of 'etaoin throat' for each language is as follows:

francouzsky: 'esaitn ruoldc'; (Indoevropský: kurzíva; tradičně se používá „esartinulop“, částečně pro snadnou výslovnost[34])

španělsky: 'eaosrn idltcm'; (indoevropsky: kurzíva)

portugalština: 'aeosri dmntcu' (indoevropsky: kurzíva)

italsky: 'eaionl rtscdu'; (indoevropsky: kurzíva)

německy: 'ensria tdhulg'; (indoevropský: germánský)

švédsky: 'eanrts ildomk'; (indoevropský: germánský)

turečtina: 'aeinrl ıdkmyt'; (turečtina)

nizozemsky: 'enatir odslgv'; (indoevropský: germánský)[29]

polsky: 'aioezn rwstcy'; (indoevropský: baltoslovanský)

dánština: 'erntai dslogk'; (indoevropský: germánský)

islandský: 'arnies tulðgm'; (indoevropský: germánský)

finština: 'aintes loukäm'; (Uralština: Finština)

česky: 'aeonit vsrldk'; (indoevropský: baltoslovanský)

maďarsky: 'eatlsn kizroá'; (Uralština: ugrofinská)

i'm really interested to see how this turns out! i do remove all letters that don't code for proteinogenic amino acids, but for letters with accents that otherwise match i just remove the accent. (eg. č becomes c). i don't know if the accented letters are considered different letters though, so i'm not sure how that affects frequency calculations. i did worry that if they are entirely different letters it may come off as disrespectful to change them rather than remove them entirely, so if any of y'all have an opinion either way please let me know so i can apply it to future posts!

letter sequence in this ask matching protein-coding amino acids:

ksinrdertgetmrerelialeprteinsIdidsmegglingregardingaminacidfreqencyandletterfreqencyinlangagessingLatinscriptsWhatIthinkweneedisalangagethathasrghlyevendistritinfletterfreqencyacrsstheFASTAaminacidcdesIdntknwwhichlangagesifanyactallyfitthatdescriptinCechseemstcmeclsestwiththemstcmmnletteratvsfrEnglishtitalshasaltfnsalelettersWemayneedtasklingisticslgsfrhelpanywaytmaketheprteinlngerheresalistfthemstcmmnlettersinanchflangagesfrmWikipediaGgletranslatedintCechNaakladetechttalekeekvivalentetainshrdlprkadyayknaslediciasednthesetalestheeqivalentfetainthratfreachlangageisasfllwsNaakladetechttalekeekvivalentetainshrdlprkadyayknslediciasednthesetalestheeqivalentfetainthratfreachlangageisasfllwsfrancskyesaitnrldcIndevrpskykrivatradicnesepivaesartinlpcastecneprsnadnvyslvnstspanelskyeasrnidltcmindevrpskykrivaprtgalstinaaesridmntcindevrpskykrivaitalskyeainlrtscdindevrpskykrivanemeckyensriatdhlgindevrpskygermanskysvedskyeanrtsildmkindevrpskygermanskytrectinaaeinrldkmyttrectinaniemskyenatirdslgvindevrpskygermanskyplskyaienrwstcyindevrpskyaltslvanskydanstinaerntaidslgkindevrpskygermanskyislandskyarniestlgmindevrpskygermanskyfinstinaainteslkamralstinaFinstinaceskyaenitvsrldkindevrpskyaltslvanskymaarskyeatlsnkiraralstinagrfinska

protein guy analysis:

its interesting that some parts of this look much nicer than others. we have some great helices generally all in one area, and while they may be a bit far apart, they are still on the better side for a structure on this blog specifically, especially for one that is on the larger side. even the loops vary, with some being nice and squiggly while others are a lot smoother and straighter. however, the confidence is similarly low throughout. the better looking parts do generally seem to line up with the non-english portions, so this may be my fault for including the entire text instead of just parts of it. either way though, this is a really neat thing to see and i'm excited to look at the other asks i've gotten trying out different languages!

predicted protein structure:

[shakeskp]

L'expression "sans transition" est une transition

[radio-ghost-cooks]

hey linguistics side of tumblr

how does one make a word

bc i feel like there needs to be a word that means "presence of everything" in the same way that void means "absence of everything"

[thestaticonyourscreen]

linguistics side of Tumblr I need to settle a debate, what is the plural form of "moose"

[dimestoretajic]

when someone has a well tuned jodah deck

[grammarbender]

✨️Check out these linguistic fun facts:✨️

Fact 1: Singular they/them is used as a third person personal pronoun. Since when? Since the middle English period! Check this and this post for historical background on pronouns.

Fact 2: The use of singular they has been discussed for decades. Here’s a post about that.

Fact 3: According to those two studies singular they/them is widely accepted as a gender neutral third person pronoun in English (over 80%/70%). Check our post about it here.

Fact 4: they/them is not the only pronoun set non-binary people want to be referred with. Some use neopronouns or multiple sets of pronouns. Read more about neopronouns here.

Fact 5: Singular they/them needs to be integrated into language properly! If you want a helpful guideline, here's a post about that.

What is the ✨️fun✨️ part about these fun facts? Well look at the development and variety of the English language! It may not be interesting for everyone, but gender-neutral pronouns are linguistically very ✨️fascinating✨️

[stark-reading-mad]

Has anyone wondered how the phrase "he takes after his father/mother/grandfather/relative" might have it's etymological origins in laws of inheritance? When we study the rules of succession and inheritance, we often say "the son takes a portion of the property after the father". The son takes after the father. The sister takes after the brother.

Any preliminary research on the etymology of the phrase has yielded nothing, and I'm wondering if the linguistic side of Tumblr has any answers

[h0bg0blin-meat]

LESGOOOOOO

[dominic-w113]

Do we ever get a bit bored of chanting verb conjugations? No? Just me? Ok☹️

[gentlygenesis]

I am allowed to touch you again.

Not in front of our friends, still, but in the privacy and silence of our separate rooms. We exchange fleeting touches out of the gaze of our mutual friend group. They do not know that I know nearly every inch of your body, the way you feel under our lab uniforms. They do not know I know what you sound like in your most private moments, your most vulnerable states.

I know your body almost better than I know mine, and I still feel easily replaced. I feel as though I could be dropped and discarded and sent back to our original standings of acquaintances. You are the sun, the moon, and the stars, and I am merely the dust lying on your surface.

But I am allowed to touch you again.

[lipstickontheglass1985]

in another world i am absolutely studying something to do with linguistics. but alas. i am stuck with this stupid baka girl in stem life

[hellsite-proteins]

heres something a friend sent me a while back, if its okay to proteinise:

What is find most interesting about brainrot is how it has impacted society in linguistics. For example, in the phrases "what the sigma" or "what the skibidi", the words sigma and skibidi serve as expletives, making the interjection stronger. Since there is the word the, it implies that there is an oblique relationship between the two words "what" and "sigma", connecting the two. Both of the words are also often used as a universal adjective, even though the word "skibidi" never had a meaning. It was created by a man scat-singing, which exploded in popularity and thus has became a word. Now, I believe that this has happened, due to the word "skibidi" being created following all the phonotactical rules in English. These are called pseudowords, a famous example being the word "jabberwock" in Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky". To be more specific, the word "skibidi" is a non-lexical vocable, sounds with no actual meaning but are often used in music.

Linguistics is so weird and neat, and I love it when people explain all the secret rules that make language work the way it does

letter sequence in this ask matching protein-coding amino acids:

WhatisfindmstinterestingatrainrtishwithasimpactedscietyinlingisticsFreampleinthephraseswhatthesigmarwhattheskiidithewrdssigmaandskiidiserveasepletivesmakingtheinterectinstrngerSincethereisthewrdtheitimpliesthatthereisanliqerelatinshipetweenthetwwrdswhatandsigmacnnectingthetwthfthewrdsarealsftensedasaniversaladectiveeventhghthewrdskiidineverhadameaningItwascreatedyamanscatsingingwhichepldedinpplarityandthshasecameawrdNwIelievethatthishashappeneddetthewrdskiidieingcreatedfllwingallthephntacticalrlesinEnglishThesearecalledpsedwrdsafamseampleeingthewrdaerwckinLewisCarrllspemaerwckyTemrespecificthewrdskiidiisannleicalvcalesndswithnactalmeaningtareftensedinmsic

protein guy analysis:

ew. i've seen a lot of loops, but this one is just so far away from the rest of the structure. it's the first thing i noticed when this finished loading, and i don't think the two dimensional image properly captures how repulsive this is, but please take my word for it. there are other secondary structures, most of which are still slightly too far from each other, and awful gaps everywhere. i've included a sphere representation to show how many gaps there are and how much empty space somehow persists in what should be one coherent object. overall, this thing is just a chaotic mess, and is probably having a miserable midlife crisis as it realizes just how unstable its existence is.

predicted protein structure:

cartoon representation

sphere representation

[in-tua-deep]

Out of curiosity, linguistics side of tumblr (or American side of tumblr?) why do Americans (? Midwest ones? Sample size unclear) say “in THE hospital” instead of in hospital but still say “in hospice” or “in school” etc.

Genuinely just curious lol or would like to know if u are American and say in hospital where in America you are from 👀

[villainessbian]

Can someone who does generative linguistics tell me what "sentence" means in a sentence/S node on a linguistic tree? My education was much less syntactic and much more notional and I have no idea what the fuck that S means, and apparently it's important